Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-06-17
A HOME N ARR Ell

#@4v $500 49,. II
R'se Farmers ! soon Have
Their Prosperity assured 4
~ ~ byss4HOme Markat.
40 locality lin the county lis better
adapted for diversified farming than
Morrison county The soil treadily
raises the laryesterops, fall skiads ,of
cereals, vegctablea7etc. ,abu.,dastt neadow
land covered ~jts5 the best ,ef wild
grasses, and large tracts of superior
grazing lands nseke lit the Intelligent
FARMERS paradise. Whyis:it, thoe,t that
the efforts of the tilAers Of the soilao. mot
meet with greater financial returns.
Simply because there lis no adequate
home asxrket for tho. tpsoducts Of the
field. the Garden and the dairy, What
should go i*s.lle produce:sin profitsroU!
goes to- the (rsnsporlationse omp antes tor
Conveying these products 10 market
or course there, are s,somc tthings that.
farmers can r&ise and sliiA Gar q. long;
distance@t a profit, bat tt,sy ARE few,
indeed compared with the munterous
products that Cannot be shipped with
advantage to market 100 and mose miles.
distant. Wheat yields small prolific
the farmer after paying the extenseEof
shipping thousandsof miles, butEall CHR
farmers know how little profit there Isl
IN that. AT present The farmers Of
Morrison county have no. reasonably !
profitable market. for their cattle, hogs, /
potatoes, corn, oats, Vegetables, butter,
cheese, poultry, eggs, ETC., and from
these products would come their largest
profits and the foundation for their
greatest prosperity if there was an
adequate home markette consume them.
It is such market that every farming
community needs, lind it is only the
more fortunate ones that can hope to
have it. Other Industries besides farm
ing. must he built up in Morrison county
to make the farmers las prosperous as
they should be, aud the farmers them
se&ves~should be willing to give reasona-
bic assistance in building up such
industries, 'as they will be the creates,
gamers thereby, A manufacturing point
anywhere in the county employing a;
Thousand or more men would provide Al
market for the products Of hundreds Of,
farms and such a manufacturing point
would increase tho profits ON every farm!
within marketable distance TO a
wonderful extent. For years every
farmer within many miles of Little,Ealls
has looked lonyingly forward TO the
time when The great water pmeriin tthe
Mississsippi'riyer at this place would be |
developed, AID they have waited and
watched in sVain-"knowing always that
IFS Development weuld add greatly to
their prosperity. They knew that the
establishing Of great manufacturing
center here would provide a ;hofae
marke, for all their products; bat year
after Year has passed by. withoat the
realization Of ,|,eir hopes AT last ,the(
time has arrived when capitalists !;
are ready to make the improvements,
and build the mills aud factories if ia
reasonable ''onus:ls given Ivy: the peopie:
VIII" II viii assist 'ranucll aud .who,haye
been for years ~ anxions for tito lie
dnue. B"nds 10 the amount Of 500, 600
are asked, $25, 900 OF which tile county;
has 'autbority to give, The tax on each,
farmer viii. he, 50 light, compared with
the benefits he will receive, thatsthere
should be no ~Qppo>i,ion;,o the granting
ut these bonds. 1t will increase the
m arket value of everything the farmer
raises, and the best posted men in the
county maintain AVE. think truthfully),
that the count y bonds will lessen instead
Of increase The share Of county taxes to.
be paid Ivy the farming community. LII
the FARMERS now desire to see realized
What they have hoped for. for many years
they must vote for The bonds. Ii the
people of This locality letathis chance 20
by the present condition of affairs will
exist for years to come. The price for
!ar'n products will depend on what some.
local merchant can afford to pay in !
goods and then ship: TO ST. Paul, I
minneapolis or Dnln.h;an there protita-
h:yc"Mpete withthe products Of nearer
farmers. Or a!few farmers may haulII
their produce'to Brainerd and peddle i,
out among.,he citizens of that place, as
has been necessary in the past The !
certain result of the defeat, of the bonds |
will be no great manufacturing point in
the county, no profitable: market tor the
products Of the farmers, and consequent
~ Zone Of the otherwise. possible great
Of the hundreds OF farmers Of
Norrisoa ,coanty. The farmers have
their future in their own hands, and can
blame no one but themselves If they fail.
10 take advantage OF the glorious. oppor-:
tunity offered 10 insure their weltarel
and success. Vote for the boadsi.: /
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